Quotes About Justice

I would describe and I have described myself to people who ask as a freedom fighter.

In the 'era of colorblindness,' there's a nearly fanatical desire to cling to the myth that we, as a nation, have 'moved beyond' race.

What I heard my mom always say was that, while she was never naive, she understood the FBI's intent was, obviously, to break up the family.

I'm not ashamed of anything I've ever done in the name of fairness and justice for my people.

The only person I look up to - and not just in show business but also in the world - is a little lady named Judge Judy! Honestly.

Martin Luther King didn't know he was going to have a day named after him; Muhammad Ali didn't know he was going to be the people's champion. He was doing what he was doing because it was right.

My husband recalls that I named my attacker as Brett Kavanaugh.

There are so many - namely black and brown bodies - who have experienced a different America than what the mainstream American flag symbolizes.

I agree with my sister when she said that certain people, whose names have cropped up in the #MeToo movement, should not be allowed to work. That's the stand which the industry should take.

Freddie Gray was a story I followed closer than others, for whatever reason, in this larger narrative of police brutality.

The only consistency in the work I do is that I try to use cinematography to best tell the narrative and do justice to the character arcs, but not to do it in such an overt way that people are distracted by it.

Separation in culture and arts does nobody any favors except for the people in power. That's just it... So I feel like I'm in the business of challenging that narrative.

The narrative in 2020 must speak about gender equality which will only come from empowering the women who've been given the short end of the stick for far too long.

Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.

Stereotyping of any race or culture is narrow-minded, and I can't wait to help break the shackles.

I think the United States has a nasty human-rights record.

We have to be a nation of laws.

Trans issues are also environmental issues. They're also healthcare issues. They're also national security issues.

I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.

The world is full of nations that are part of the community of nations that don't respect rights.

Bombing the Murrah Federal Building was morally and strategically equivalent to the U.S. hitting a government building in Serbia, Iraq, or other nations.

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction.

The exclusion of girls from education is an issue of justice. But it's also an issue of economics because it's holding families, communities, and nations back. The chiefs are often a bridge between the traditional and the modern world and are very powerful implements to change.

We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.